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Douglas Whitaker

@DouglasWhitaker

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Mount Saint Vincent University

 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined June 2009
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I need to get better at this live-tweeting/social media thing. #pmena2015
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I cringed a little bit when I wrote ISBN number in my last tweet, but I think the emphasis/clarification was worth it. #ATMmachine #JEBbush
Why aren't ISBN numbers part of an @APA_Style citation? Including ISBN in references would be very helpful - so much doesn't have a DOI.
Fox Failed Statistics in Explaining Its G.O.P. Debate Decision nyti.ms/1OTxHuG #APStats #statschat #GOPDebate h/t @HSTATistics
Fox Failed Statistics in Explaining Its G.O.P. Debate Decision (Published 2015)

Fox Failed Statistics in Explaining Its G.O.P. Debate Decision (Published 2015)

Did Rick Perry miss making the main Republican debate field because he was unpopular or because he was unlucky?

nytimes.com
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Looks like the account creation feature is working again over at @themathforum!
@ctrlaltongue Here's a pretty compelling argument that the South rebelled because they were AGAINST states' rights: washingtonpost.com/postevery…
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David Smith@revodavid2 Jul 2015
Clever #dataviz idea: use density plots as legends for colorscale charts #user2015 #rstats
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Janu Verma@januverma30 Jun 2015
“There’s nothing particularly special about R other than it just being the greatest software on earth” -@amandacox on @datastories #rstats – at Forest Home, NY
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Julie R Wright@julierwright30 Jun 2015
Replying to @Dsrussosusan
@Dsrussosusan @k8nowak @nik_d_maths If you haven't read US vs UK math terminology mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015… by @benorlin, you should! – at Portland, OR
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You can lie with numbers, but you can lie with words, too. People that want to lie will just tell lies. We just need to call them on it.
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Anscombe’s Quartet, 4 datasets that have identical statistics that lead to different plots: blog.plot.ly/post/1205324681…
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Doug Tyson@tyson_doug18 Mar 2015
July 7-9, 2015: Simulation based inference workshop for Stats Teachers: edventure-ga.com/sbi.html #statschat #statsed
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NCTM@NCTM19 Jun 2015
Much of becoming a #math person has to do w/being recognized & becoming interested, not just being able to do it @NSF ow.ly/Ox7I1

What makes a math person? Interest, recognition are key factors, researchers say

You're either a math person or you're not – at least that's what we've always heard.

phys.org
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It also didn't hurt that the weather in Halifax was considerably nicer than it was in Gainesville FL... (highs of 19°C vs. 40°C) #SSC2015HFX
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I had a fantastic time at #SSC2015HFX! Lots of great people and tons of great sessions about statistics education. #statsed #mathed
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Just downloaded the Guidebook app for the SSC 2015 conference. guidebook.com/g/SSC2015/ Looks like the hash tag to use is #SSC2015HFX :-)
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ASA@AmstatNews11 Jun 2015
World Statistics Day is coming ... to find out more, follow @UNStats use #StatsDay15
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RealClearEducation@RealClearEd3 Jun 2015
Common-Core algebra seen as tougher bit.ly/1G5Haxs
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Taleb Bot@TalebBot28 May 2015
Probability is the intersection of the most rigorous mathematics and the messiest of life.
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Michael Posner: course eval's after 1st class are (surprisingly) equivalent to course eval's at the end of the course. #edchat #USCOTS15
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